via Undercover.com.au

by Paul Cashmere - August 14 2007

40 years after R&B great Carla Thomas was recorded live in Washington, DC, the aborted tapes from the performance will finally be released as on CD.

The shows from the Bohemian Caverns were set-up by then Stax President Al Bell and musician Donny Thomas to create the momentum to launch the Thomas career nationwide.

She had already had a hit song with 'B-A-B-Y' and with her duet 'Tramp' with Otis Redding. The Bohemian shows were designed to take her career to the next level.

Although the shows went exactly to plan, for whatever reason, the planned live album was never released … until now.

According to Al Bell, "(Carla) was wanting to kind of spread her wings and reach over into the jazz/folk world. It was something that was pulling away inside of her."

The album was scrapped and the catalogue number Stax 724 was re-assigned to a Booker T. & The MG's release.

Now in the 50th anniversary of Stax, the album will finally be released 40 years later …but better late than never.

Carla Thomas Live At The Bohemian Caverns will come out on September 18th.